blotting Definition

blot
noun

1. A spot or stain, especially of ink.
2. A spot or blemish which spoils the beauty of something.

Thesaurus: blemish, spot, stain, smudge, defect, fault, flaw, smear, taint.
3. A stain on a person's good reputation or character.
(Austral)
4. slang
The buttocks or anus.

verb blotted, blotting

1. To make a spot or stain on something, especially with ink.

Thesaurus: dirty, stain, spot, soil, blotch, sully, tarnish, besmirch.
2a. To dry something with blotting-paper;
2b. To soak up (excess liquid) by pressing eg a cloth, towel or tissue against it.

Form: blot something up (sometimes)

Idiom: blot one's copybook

To spoil one's good reputation, etc, especially by some foolish or unfortunate mistake.

Etymology: 14c.

Phrasal Verb: blot something out

To hide it from sight.
Example: A cloud blotted out the sun
To refuse to think about or remember (a painful memory).To destroy or obliterate it.